Hi Mark, You will need to setup a processing script on your mailer that will do that for you. Your ISP maybe able to set this up for you. Most mailers use the aliases file for that. A quick google found this as an example, yes it is talking to Oracle but the principles are exactly the same.
http://philip.greenspun.com/doc/email-handler Regards --------------------------------------------------------------- ********** _/ ********** David Logan ******* _/ ******* ITO Delivery Specialist - Database ***** _/ ***** Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd **** _/_/_/ _/_/_/ **** E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **** _/ _/ _/ _/ **** Desk: +618 8408 4273 **** _/ _/ _/_/_/ **** Mobile: 0417 268 665 ***** _/ ****** ****** _/ ******** Postal: 148 Frome Street, ******** _/ ********** Adelaide SA 5001 Australia i n v e n t --------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 25 February 2006 1:19 PM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: email to db Can anyone tell me if it is possible to send an email from outlook to a DB so it updates a record. I have a php tipping script hosted with a mysql DB but would like users to email their tips instead of loggin on the site. Mark -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
